Hatpin attachment



J. B. MASERANG.

HATPIN ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED QCT. 1a. 1919.

Patented June 1, 1 920.

UNIE STT 1.1;. OFFiCE.

HATPIN ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June. 1', 1920.

Application filed October 16, 1919. Serial No. 330,951.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. MASERANG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Belleville, in the county of Saint Clair, State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hatpin Attachments;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to pin fasteners, and more especially to thesliding guards therefor; and the object of the same is to produce anattachment for hats and hat p ns whereby the latter will be held inplace with the point protected, and the band of the attachment willconstitute an ornament for the hat.

Specifically the invention covers novel means for connecting the ends ofthe pin with the end of the hand, through the use of metallic terminalswhich are both ornamental and serviceable. Details are set forth belowand shown in the drawings wherein': Figure 1 is a perspective view of ahat with this attachment applied.

Fig. 2- is an enlarged plan View of the pin and the metal parts at bothends thereof, the band being indicated in dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is a still further enlarged sectional detail through the guardfor the tip of the pin, and a perspective detail of the terminal forthis end of the band.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the terminal for the other end of the bandbefore it is bent.

In Fig. 1 is shown a ladies hat through which is passed a pin P having asharp point S at one end and a head H fast on the other. These pins areusually inserted through the crown of a hat and the hair, leaving thepoint projecting dangerously if it be not guarded. Broadly speaking, Ipropose to apply a guard to said point and draw the guard onto the pointby an elastic band B which connects this guard with the head. Said bandmay be of almost any variety of ornamentation according to the wearersfancy, but in all probability it will be a piece of elastic webbing towhich is stitched a fulled or shirred ornamental facing so that thelatter may expand as the former stretches. It is quite possible for thewearer to have several such ornamental bands for use interchangeabl withthe hat pin.

Attached to or orming part of the head of two leaves 2 and 3 havingabout four perforations 4: through them as shown, and a reduced neck 5connecting the leaves and having through it a pair of eyes 6 as shown,

and when the metal plate is folded on a transverse line between saideyes they come into register and may be engaged with the hook 1 whilethe leaves come against opposite sides of one end of the band B and areattached thereto by rivets or stitches passing through the registeringperforations and the interposed band.

The guard best seen in detail in Fig. 8 comprises a tubular body closedat one end by an enlarged head or button 10, flared at its other openend to produce a mouth 11, and reduced between said ends to constitute aneck 12. Inclosing the neck are two U- bolts or clips 13. The terminalfor this end of the band consists of a metal strip bent transversely atits midlength into a narrow leaf 14 and a wide leaf 15, both piercedwith perforations 16 adapted to register, and the other end of the bandB is inserted between these leaves as will be clear. The clips arepassed around the neck of the guard, and rivets 17 are passed throughthe clips and perforations in the terminal and through the band whichintervenes between its leaves. In a normal or contracted condition theband should be shorter than the pin P.

Then the eye of the upper terminal is engaged with a hook and the latterclosed, the lower terminal carrying the guard hangs free. The pin canthen be passed through the hat and the hair as usual, its pointprotruding beyond the hat crown as well known. The band is now stretchedand passed over the crown or around the side of it as seen in Fig. 1,and the guard is slipped over the tip or points of the pin, being drawnonto the same and strained against one side of it by' the band which isdeflected out of a straight line by'reason of its passage around thecrown. Thus the elastic band holds the guard on the pin, and the guardprevents the pin from becoming lost. Also the other end of the banddraws on the head of the pin, and especially if the latter is passedthrough the hat crown at one side-o-fthehead rather than diametricallythrough the hat, the tension of the band Will be exerted to holdbothen'ds of the pin and prevent itsaccidental displacement.

What is claimed is: V A hat pin attachment comprising an elastic bandadapted to be connected at one end sisting of a metal plate foldedacross its mid-length to form leaves lying against opposite sides of theband, and rivets engaging 15 the clips and passing through both leavesof the terminal and the interposed band and holding the latter alongsidesaid guard.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in the presence of twoWitnesses.

JOHN BARTHOLOMEW MASERANG. Witnesses: SAMUEL C. CROUCH, F. W. PUDERER.

